Sitting last week, members of Guildford Borough Council's planning committee heard arguments for and against the application, but eventually ruled in favour of Allianz.

Councillor Caroline Reeves said she was pleased the company hadn't just tried to build another "concrete block".

However, Councillor David Bilbe described the plans for the rainbow effect car park as an "absolutely awful, horrific" piece of design.

We've put together 16 comments on the proposal from Get Surrey readers which you can view at the top of this article with opinion divided over what impact the plans will have on the street scene - and the traffic.